2015 HOLIDAY CATALOG
Infinite Tree Designed by Johannes Molin for Areaware PRICE $45.00
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Lumio Book Lamp PRICE $190.00
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It’s a book. It’s a lamp. It’s rechargeable. It’s awesome. It’s a laser-cut wood book with durable water-resistant Tyvek “pages” containing high-performing LEDs inside. Stop searching for the perfect portable lamp—Max Gunawan has designed it!
Paper Vase Cover
Patterned Mug
Spinne Coupe Plate Set of 4
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Patterns inspired by Cooper Hewitt’s textiles adorn the perfect ceramic mug. notNeutral and Cooper Hewitt team up to produce the Wiener Werkstätte-inspired design statement for your morning coffee or tea!
This second series in the notNeutral/Cooper Hewitt collaboration features Spinne, a textile pattern created by Wiener Werkstätte artist Dagobert Peche, reinterpreted in ten vivid colors. These ceramic pieces can be used as a set, or mixed with white dinnerware to add unexpected pops of color.
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Winner of the Interior Innovation Award at imm Cologne 2013, the Paper Vase by Pepe Heykoop for the Tiny Miracles Foundation is an adjustable skin to cover any empty bottle turning it into a vase.
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Power Plant & Fibonaccia Series 6-Piece Set
Plus Pepper Grinder
Tallow Candle
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This salt and pepper grinder—designed by Norway Says, available in black, multi-colored, and beech wood—is made of stacked components forming the perfect mechanism for gripping and grinding!
A candle needs the candlestick, which requires a candle in return. ONTWERPDUO from the Netherlands presents the Tallow, which unites these two objects through melding them into an inseparable union entirely in wax.
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Lindsey Adelman’s sun-bleached facades dance across these fine bone china pieces. Your table will never be the same. Each item in the series also sold separately.
Oceanic Lamp
Adjaye Pillow
Red Spun Chair
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Based on the smoke stacks of an ocean liner, this lacquered metal lamp stands one of the most striking designs by Michele de Lucchi for Memphis Milano and the Memphis Design Group.
Design is storytelling: Architect David Adjaye, inspired by African textiles from Cooper Hewitt’s collection created “Cairo”—the award-winning pattern for KnollTextiles, used on this pillow, handmade in Brooklyn, New York.
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Can a completely rotationally symmetrical form make a comfortable chair? Absolutely! Designer Thomas Heatherwick’s chair is for those who are looking for a creative perch, indoors or out. Contemplate your day while sitting still, rocking, or spinning. Give it a whirl! (12–18 weeks delivery.)
MUSEUM MEMBERSHIP Bubble 2 Alarm Clock
M Lamp
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MEMBER $36.00
Start your day with a vibrant touch of retro style. The mod-inspired clock face and pronounced bubble silhouette brings an unexpected twist of high design to your wake up call. Available in red and white.
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This cordless lamp, designed by David Irwin for Juniper, is inspired by archetypal miner’s lamps of the 19th century. Transport it anywhere within the home, office, and in between. Also available in black and white.
Liquid Flask
Monthly Planners
Dinner Bell
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This mirror-finish steel flask—designed by The Principals, Brooklyn, New York—holds the perfect amount of your favorite sipper. Its unique manufacturing process lends it an inflated liquid look—not unlike a Mylar balloon or foil drink packet.
MEMBER $7.20, $10.80, $13.50 Monthly planning in all shapes and sizes—go large scale, small and discreet, or somewhere in between! S (4.2 x 5.75 in.), M (6 x 8.25 in.), L (8.5 x 11.5 in.)
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This hand bent steel triangle dinner bell, by Brooklyn designer Pat Kim, is an update on a timeless object. The leather hanger conveniently holds the solid brass striker.
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BOOKS
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Cooper Hewitt books place the design experience directly in the hands of the reader. Legendary designers such as Irma Boom and Ellen Lupton have elevated this printed matter to object status. Add our latest titles to your gift list for the print mavens in your life!
Make a mark this holiday, and all year long, with Cooper Hewitt’s collection pattern designs!
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Beauty—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial
Making Design Limited Edition
How Posters Work
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Organized around active design principles and featuring 330 posters from Cooper Hewitt’s collection, this book is a perfect gift for lovers of all things graphic design!
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Beauty showcases the most exciting and provocative international design created during the past three years. Gift this spectacle of a book in advance of Cooper Hewitt’s upcoming Triennial (February 12, 2016)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection book. 210,000 objects in the collection, 1145 selected by Irma Boom. It’s an unfathomable read you’ll find hard to put down (and pick up at 912 pages)! Limited edition volumes in: hot pink/glow in the dark ink; glow in the dark ink all over.
Authors: Andrea Lipps, Ellen Lupton Designer: Kimberly Varella Publisher: Cooper Hewitt
Designer: Irma Boom Publisher: Cooper Hewitt
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Authors: Ellen Lupton, Caitlin Condell Designer: Ellen Lupton Publisher: Cooper Hewitt
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Designing with Pixar
D is for Design
Life of a Mansion
01 Magnetic
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Forty-five activities to create your own characters, worlds, and stories. Dynamic and inventive for kids from eight to eighty! Author: Emily Haynes Publishers: Cooper Hewitt/Chronicle Books
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With this colorful and quirky board book, little ones can learn ABC’s with a twist of design, and kids of all ages can explore Cooper Hewitt’s collections. Publisher: Cooper Hewitt/Mudpuppy
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The story of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum from its establishment by the Hewitt Sisters in 1897 to its grand opening in 2014 as the nation’s design authority. Author: Heather Ewing Designer: Miko McGinty Publisher: Cooper Hewitt
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Set
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07 Magnetic
Letters
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02 Sticky
05 Desk MEMBER $9.00
Bookmarks MEMBER $5.40
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Pad
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Notes
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Card Set
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03 Journals
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Set
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Functional, yes. Fabulous, absolutely! Help spread exquisite design for the holidays by gifting creations by David Adjaye, Achille Castiglioni, and Constantine Grcic.
TOYS
Explore your inner child with our collection of games and toys! We have modern toys, tech gadgets, and wooden games for both kids and adults. Featuring favorites from Areaware, Naef puzzles, Andy Rementer—and even a trumpet kazoo!
TRONO Brooch
KIOSK Plastic Watch
Color in a New Light Puzzle
Solitaire Cards
People Blocks 3
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The “Trono” Brooch by Ettore Sottsass is a beautiful example of the graphic designs that made Memphis Design Group so iconic. Originally produced in 1986, this vintage piece was launched at Cooper Hewitt.
“Timeliness is next to godliness and not a quality of Greek gods or men.”–Alisa Grifo, founder KIOSK. These watches—from Greece—will keep you on time even at 10 bars of water pressure!
This 500-piece puzzle makes for a fun and colorful challenge! The image—from Smithsonian Design Library’s rare book archive—was used to illustrate the role color plays in design! (Measures 20 x 20 inches when completed.)
Susan Kare’s original artwork for the Windows 3.0 Solitaire game is featured on this new set of playing cards. The release of these cards coincides with the 25th anniversary of the original Solitaire computer game.
Meet Margot and André! These limited edition wooden characters are the newest in a successful series of collaborations between artist Andy Rementer and CASE STUDYO. Pieces of the people are interchangeable so you can build your own creations.
Adjaye Shopping Tote
Design Critic Onesie
Record Watch
Water Tower Model Kit
Arrazzles
Trumpet Kazoo
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Architect David Adjaye’s perspective on geometric and organic systems is translated by KnolllTextiles to create a unique and must-have tote.
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Children are the future. Let it be known who the young and savvy future design world leaders really are. Printed on 100% Organic Cotton Onesies.
The perfect accessory for many occasions, Achille Castiglioni’s chronograph watch— designed in collaboration with graphic designer Max Huber—comes with two removable straps: one in yellow leather, the other in purple velvet.
Build a classic bit of New York with this replica water tower kit by Boundless Brooklyn—made of 100% recycled material. Assemble in minutes and showcase your own urban icon.
Explore abstract geometrical configurations with cards covered in beautiful reflective metallic colors. Build a different abstraction every time.
Produced by the last plastic kazoo manufacturer in North America, a little singing—NOT humming—is all it takes to start a marching band.
Fiato Sul Collo Necklace
Three Bag
Balancing Blocks
Plush Tiger
12 Piece Wooden Puzzle
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From Mario Trimarchi’s “La Stanza dello Scirocco” collection, this necklace is constructed from mirror-polished stainless steel cards, creating an alluring display of light and shadow on the skin.
MEMBER $166.50
This triangular bag is made of waxed cotton canvas with contrasting neon nylon trim. Designed by Constantin Grcic for Maharam, the color contrast outlines the shape of the bag, with foldable flaps that adjusts the bag’s size.
MEMBER $43.20
Balance these ten faceted stone-size shapes to create your own sculpture. Designed by Fort Standard for Areaware, these are a treat for kids, but also lovely on the mantel!
MEMBER $10.80
A bit Alexander-Girard-like? These cuddly friends—a limited edition from the Midnight Licorice Series by Anna Chambers will put a smile on anyone’s face.
MEMBER $41.10
Ready for a brain teaser? Put your spatial reasoning skills to work with this wooden puzzle kit. Not much of a puzzle master? They’re beautiful enough to display!
2015 HOLIDAY CATALOG
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2015 HOLIDAY CATALOG
Infinite Tree
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Designed by Johannes Molin for Areaware
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